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severe what do you think is in it for president assad to to try to push turkey in this way. well i mean we have to remember that the official position of the turkish government with respect to assad is that. you know the arab one government wants assad gone they somewhat you know back you know they've someone. with drew there sort of insistence on him sort of leaving but recently the the the the turkish president sort of made a very fiery statement a couple of months ago suggesting that. you know assad has to go in there and you know peace in syria so there is a extension existential conflict between the two countries and so i think this is sort of really at the backdrop of this conflict and these are these war of words that we've been seeing recently between the two countries where is russia going to stand in relation to this particular potential conflict because on the one hand there was a suggestion that it was essentially allowing turkey to move into northern syria and of course as we've said before it is an ally of the government does that make it put it in a very diffi
severe what do you think is in it for president assad to to try to push turkey in this way. well i mean we have to remember that the official position of the turkish government with respect to assad is that. you know the arab one government wants assad gone they somewhat you know back you know they've someone. with drew there sort of insistence on him sort of leaving but recently the the the the turkish president sort of made a very fiery statement a couple of months ago suggesting that. you...
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clearly the assad regime did not get the message last year u.s. defense secretary says he was convinced of syrian involvement in the suspected chemical attack just hours before the operation was given the go ahead but i am confident the sherry in regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. in this last last week yes absolutely confident of it and we have the intelligence level of confidence that we needed to conduct the attack. but as donald trump addressed the country there were some questioning if you do legal power to launch the attack here in the united states our constitution says without any equivocation it's up to congress not the president not the executive branch to declare a war to say when we're going to go to war the president then executes that decision the russians had warned of consequences if the u.s. launched this attack because of its close ties to the syrian government the airstrikes may be over this new middle east crisis isn't alan fischer al-jazeera washington. and this is a live shot at the pentagon where we are e
clearly the assad regime did not get the message last year u.s. defense secretary says he was convinced of syrian involvement in the suspected chemical attack just hours before the operation was given the go ahead but i am confident the sherry in regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people. in this last last week yes absolutely confident of it and we have the intelligence level of confidence that we needed to conduct the attack. but as donald trump addressed the country there were...
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whether you know bashar al assad can be influenced financially. with reconstruction aid in exchange for weakening his alliance with iran how much influence does iran still have over him. huge you know if it wasn't for the wrongs. participation in the horrific war in syria over the last you know seven years bashar al assad would not be alive today he said he would be in power so you are on has a huge amount of influence i don't think at the end of the day that bashar assad will break his alliance with iran and switch sides but i think what i think much more fundamental and i think what's uniting bashar al assad with other. arab states in the region is that bashar al assad and other leaders of the arab states in the middle east share a common national security concern and that national security concern is fear of their own populations fear of democracy fear of political change so in that sense they have a very common sort of set of concerns that they that they're trying to fight and push back against so where then there's this leave the rebels that'
whether you know bashar al assad can be influenced financially. with reconstruction aid in exchange for weakening his alliance with iran how much influence does iran still have over him. huge you know if it wasn't for the wrongs. participation in the horrific war in syria over the last you know seven years bashar al assad would not be alive today he said he would be in power so you are on has a huge amount of influence i don't think at the end of the day that bashar assad will break his...
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in this conflict most of them with bad hops now accept that assad is winning including. the united states. and others but i think there is a big that there is a big elephant in the room that we need all to see it before we can talk about an end also i mean to this conflict about from seeing a political solution between the regime and the opposition which is iran in this case i think everybody is talking now about. how to get iran out of syria if we accept assad the manning and power and for that for the next what that for the next couple couple of couple of years i mean this is something that is really on board and so now i mean i believe this is why in syria it's c.d.n. borton to get almost everybody on board that that means that the russians the americans of course i mean the russians are having the upper hand in the syrian and the syrian conflict there and the driving seat that americans might be in the back seat for the time being but we need the the people who are sitting in the backseat and the people who are sitting in the living seat to come to agree actually on
in this conflict most of them with bad hops now accept that assad is winning including. the united states. and others but i think there is a big that there is a big elephant in the room that we need all to see it before we can talk about an end also i mean to this conflict about from seeing a political solution between the regime and the opposition which is iran in this case i think everybody is talking now about. how to get iran out of syria if we accept assad the manning and power and for...
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of how much to engage with the assad government. the russians have been suggesting for some time that the europeans in particular might like to. offer money for the reconstruction process but to date the e.u. has insisted that that money would have to come with very clear political conditions and that it's not willing to fund assad's reconstruction willy nilly i think there are tensions within the e.u. over what those conditions should be some countries like germany i think a harder line than others such as italy on the question of conditions and then we have the possibility that the arab league will step in with money possibly without the same sort of human rights and political conditions so i think this this debate over money is going to be a central issue in discussions over syria at least for this year yeah ken i asked you do you think your country is going to stay together as one or are we going to have what we have now rump governed by a sad and different bits run by different entities. well wishing is something going to reali
of how much to engage with the assad government. the russians have been suggesting for some time that the europeans in particular might like to. offer money for the reconstruction process but to date the e.u. has insisted that that money would have to come with very clear political conditions and that it's not willing to fund assad's reconstruction willy nilly i think there are tensions within the e.u. over what those conditions should be some countries like germany i think a harder line than...
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the military strikes have happened president assad has been punished what happens now. well it seems like everyone is celebrating this for sure certainly everyone is declaring victory was kind of bizarre you know when you consider that so many syrians have suffered and the bombing have just taken place but i mean really look at it. the syrian regime is claiming victory of steadfastness and continuation showing the very bizarre pictures of assad and his. and his supporters cheering in the streets of damascus you had the arrangements declaring victory about the none changing equation of their influence and presence in syria you have the russians taking up the higher moral and legal grounds against the western powers and certainly you have the americans declaring mission accomplished and you have the british and the french saying we did what we must without you know killing anyone in syria and so on so forth so bizarrely everyone is declaring victory and no one seems to have learned anything from this lesson or have any idea where to move or how to move forward. the u.s. d
the military strikes have happened president assad has been punished what happens now. well it seems like everyone is celebrating this for sure certainly everyone is declaring victory was kind of bizarre you know when you consider that so many syrians have suffered and the bombing have just taken place but i mean really look at it. the syrian regime is claiming victory of steadfastness and continuation showing the very bizarre pictures of assad and his. and his supporters cheering in the...
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connection with assad's syrian. chemical weapons infrastructure and so on or what difference will that make i think it's too little too late i think of course it makes sense after they carried over the two attacks one in april two thousand and seventeen one april two thousand and thirteen we don't even know if they're going to help in the end of the day because they are like but they seem pinpricks attacks that will not do rail neither the syrian regime nor its backers in iran and russia so some sanctions of course will be either through the layers of sanctions against russia but i think is on the other hand that would be pushing the regime and its backers to be focusing on conventional force because and then that they let's all remember that the absolute majority you know if i'm going to put a figure to what i will see ninety nine percent of the five hundred thousand syrians who died and that many others who were injured in the syrian civil war over the last seventy years were the victims of conventional force not
connection with assad's syrian. chemical weapons infrastructure and so on or what difference will that make i think it's too little too late i think of course it makes sense after they carried over the two attacks one in april two thousand and seventeen one april two thousand and thirteen we don't even know if they're going to help in the end of the day because they are like but they seem pinpricks attacks that will not do rail neither the syrian regime nor its backers in iran and russia so...
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regime to maintain the assad regime and to ensure the in durance of the assad regime but but morse more specifically to your question look i mean one thing to talk about chemical weapons but there are enough specks skeptics out there to tell you that the viability of this operation the legality of this operation and the motivation behind this. operation is not exactly chemical that there's a lot of lots of reasons one of them for example just like we've seen you know the likes of president clinton back in one nine hundred ninety eight when he attacked afghanistan in the sudan because there was a more nickel lewinsky case today in the united states we have trump taking these actions when we have the stormy daniels case and and we have his lawyer being investigated and so on so forth in terms of the legality of course once again does he have the power act to act the way he did it was that sufficient in terms of the powers as. that was approved in congress back in in after nine eleven or not so there are many questions really what this is really being the overall in terms of what the syria
regime to maintain the assad regime and to ensure the in durance of the assad regime but but morse more specifically to your question look i mean one thing to talk about chemical weapons but there are enough specks skeptics out there to tell you that the viability of this operation the legality of this operation and the motivation behind this. operation is not exactly chemical that there's a lot of lots of reasons one of them for example just like we've seen you know the likes of president...
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and those close to him assad's wife asma is on the list among around 30 other people nearly a decade of violence has left syria with a collapsing economy the sanctions are expected to derail president assad's postwar recovery plans say in a hotter reports from beirut's morning you may find some images here disturbing. they're known as caesar's photographs named after a military defector who documented torture and killings in syrian government jails his testimonies to the u.s. congress was part of a campaign to hold the regime responsible for what have been described as war crimes it led to the passing and now the implementation of a bill and the u.s. the so-called caesar act in any country in the world there's a company individual. that's providing acknowledge the financial support. and military support. are all liable for states and under the sea. these sanctions go further than existing ones are aimed at preventing international engagement with bashar assad's government partnering or fighting on its side will also be punishable the syrian government calls the legislation economic t
and those close to him assad's wife asma is on the list among around 30 other people nearly a decade of violence has left syria with a collapsing economy the sanctions are expected to derail president assad's postwar recovery plans say in a hotter reports from beirut's morning you may find some images here disturbing. they're known as caesar's photographs named after a military defector who documented torture and killings in syrian government jails his testimonies to the u.s. congress was part...
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hopes the assad government got the message that its actions will not go unpunished was. the dawn on syrian state media was that of defiance in the face of what they called tripartite aggression. we did not sleep at the right honestly we went to the streets to support the army and the air force struck down the missiles. was two years war has divided opinion in the middle east people came out in solidarity with the assad government in cities with their support for iran and hezbollah or there is high and the u.s. sentiment to the relief of the syrian government and its allies the operation was limited instead of a much discussed sustained attack the syrian government tanks its russian partners for the warning about the much anticipated strikes after days of tough rhetoric between u.s. and russia the syrian government had already evacuated military installations and cleared potential targets and allies of bashar al assad have been unequivocal in their support. you share last night's strike that happened at dawn against syria is a crime i clearly announced that the us preside
hopes the assad government got the message that its actions will not go unpunished was. the dawn on syrian state media was that of defiance in the face of what they called tripartite aggression. we did not sleep at the right honestly we went to the streets to support the army and the air force struck down the missiles. was two years war has divided opinion in the middle east people came out in solidarity with the assad government in cities with their support for iran and hezbollah or there is...
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assuming office blamed russian president vladimir putin for backing syrian president bashar al assad syria and russia have denied any role in the strike on duma which killed more than forty people the un security council will hold an emergency session on monday natasha going to him as more. entire families babies children adults dead the people who remained in duma thought they could shelter from the air strikes in the basements of buildings instead witnesses say they suffocated from a suspected chemical attack. with chemicals many children have been killed in tents airstrikes by the syrian government and its allies began on saturday. when this is report of barrel bomb with some sort of gas being dropped we were trying to. bring in shelters but when the city was hit but the. and there was no height and people became sort of fights scared on prison rescuers say they're struggling to get to the survivors and retrieve the bodies of the dead because of a strong fluorine like smell they don't have the protective gear they need the health care system in duma has been decimated. unfortunate
assuming office blamed russian president vladimir putin for backing syrian president bashar al assad syria and russia have denied any role in the strike on duma which killed more than forty people the un security council will hold an emergency session on monday natasha going to him as more. entire families babies children adults dead the people who remained in duma thought they could shelter from the air strikes in the basements of buildings instead witnesses say they suffocated from a...
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it's being described as the biggest victory for syrian president bashar assad since the start of the conflict eastern huta has returned to state control after almost six years for weeks the enclave on the doorsteps of the capital damascus came under heavy fire hundreds of civilians were killed the pro-government alliance was also accused of using chemical weapons in the main town of duma before the last rebel group surrendered the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is sending a team to the site to investigate those claims the u.s. and its allies didn't wait for the organizations findings they said they had their own evidence and launched air strikes targeting syria's chemical weapons facilities . those strikes were not about threatening bashar assad's hold on power but since the bombings the message from the government has been one of defiance its army says it is preparing for more offensives the priority seems to be clearing the remaining territories outside government control near the capital in southern damascus a number of districts are under a government siege
it's being described as the biggest victory for syrian president bashar assad since the start of the conflict eastern huta has returned to state control after almost six years for weeks the enclave on the doorsteps of the capital damascus came under heavy fire hundreds of civilians were killed the pro-government alliance was also accused of using chemical weapons in the main town of duma before the last rebel group surrendered the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is sending...
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because of the assad regime so at least moyes has the right knowledge building about the suffering of the people in sudan which we care about every person who was a part in syria we get about and we should be assisted but the dog about this issue is by the same government that bomb possibilities used chemical weapons bomb schools and markets and start people do that to me looks very sounds very critical and that was then there this seems to be a consensus that says bashar al assad is as of today the weakest he's been since the war began looking at the pictures of what's going on in the country as you are talking to us dr it doesn't look like he's particularly weak. i mean everyone knows that assad has won and won the war by using extreme brutality by bombing civilians by bombing cities markets this rules and hospital using chemical weapons but they caught him he is suffering and that's what in a lot of pressure on the regime and not more important than that he might be the allies yet on lebanon and russia that is supporting the regime militarily and hopefully these new set of sanction
because of the assad regime so at least moyes has the right knowledge building about the suffering of the people in sudan which we care about every person who was a part in syria we get about and we should be assisted but the dog about this issue is by the same government that bomb possibilities used chemical weapons bomb schools and markets and start people do that to me looks very sounds very critical and that was then there this seems to be a consensus that says bashar al assad is as of...
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that is going on in a dictatorship and assad is going to have a veto on anything. moving forward in syria and even if you do hold elections in syria under this regime just as it's happened under supervision in egypt we know and that the that the ship what the result will be which is an overwhelming support for the president so i think in a sense what we're hearing now is russia and iran moving forward in order to define what this future of syria is and there was a couple of interesting new moves if you will here when president putin spoke about . not only there is delay or deadlock in the in the forming of the constitutional committee that needs to discuss the future of the constitution in syria and so forth he said it's somewhat diced and i think he's probably signaling certain western countries in the united states for sabotaging because there has been behind the scene problems about a number of members that the united nations and the west wanted but russia refused and vice versa and last but not least i think you probably heard that as much as i did and i'm sure
that is going on in a dictatorship and assad is going to have a veto on anything. moving forward in syria and even if you do hold elections in syria under this regime just as it's happened under supervision in egypt we know and that the that the ship what the result will be which is an overwhelming support for the president so i think in a sense what we're hearing now is russia and iran moving forward in order to define what this future of syria is and there was a couple of interesting new...
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as we speak president assad made sure that in israeli a us puppet government is not in syria so he has done some good things as well in the last many years now whether those good things are going to be enough for him to win elections it's not a decision of iranians or russians or turkish politicians it's the decision of the syrian people and the sooner you what you have an end to the civil war and so you can get an answer out of me. alex i mean it's quite interesting to see what could happen next in syria now in case of political process how do you see that political process move forward with the or key players each having a different political agenda turkey one hand iran on the other and russia on the other. unfortunately no one knows how it will go but yeah you're right to mention that one of the most. significant and crucial and complex problem and now is a kind of well it must for russia and turkey if they manage to come to come in terms on how to deal with it live and for the with the political process then it will define the further steps because as i already mentioned russian it
as we speak president assad made sure that in israeli a us puppet government is not in syria so he has done some good things as well in the last many years now whether those good things are going to be enough for him to win elections it's not a decision of iranians or russians or turkish politicians it's the decision of the syrian people and the sooner you what you have an end to the civil war and so you can get an answer out of me. alex i mean it's quite interesting to see what could happen...
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well i think they're trying to perhaps woohoo assad away from his alliance with iran. the number one priority for the assad regime today after crushing all opposition to his rule is economic reconstruction the west is not going to invest in that economic reconstruction but there are very wealthy arab states that do have the resources the financial resources and so i suspect part of the agenda here is to see whether they that whether you know bashar al assad can be influenced financially. with reconstruction aid in exchange for weakening his alliance with iran you know if it wasn't for the wrongs. participation in the horrific war in syria over the last you know seven years bashar al assad would not be alive today he certainly would be in power so you ron has a huge amount of influence i don't think at the end of the day that bashar assad will break his alliance with iran and switch sides but i think what's i think much more fundamental and i think what's uniting bashar al assad with other. arab states in the region is that bashar al assad and other leaders of the arab
well i think they're trying to perhaps woohoo assad away from his alliance with iran. the number one priority for the assad regime today after crushing all opposition to his rule is economic reconstruction the west is not going to invest in that economic reconstruction but there are very wealthy arab states that do have the resources the financial resources and so i suspect part of the agenda here is to see whether they that whether you know bashar al assad can be influenced financially. with...
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now controls what is the likelihood that assad would ever agree to something like that. but surely personally will never agree but it is those around him and the people under is control including members of the louis community that have to make a decision is there a future with him or with someone else i do not believe in regime change anywhere in the world including in syria or whatever i can to syrian people will make their own decisions as they see perhaps an alternative developing there is not under their control but peter do you think we have to be a really that we have to show what we stand for not only what we have but it's ok i want to get in a minute to the to the idea of elections and whether they could actually have a be free and fair but 1st i want to talk about you know we've been talking a lot about the international community why hasn't it done more why hasn't it done action taken action there was the very famous red line that president then president obama talked about back in 2012 that if chemical weapons were used in syria that would cross a red line a
now controls what is the likelihood that assad would ever agree to something like that. but surely personally will never agree but it is those around him and the people under is control including members of the louis community that have to make a decision is there a future with him or with someone else i do not believe in regime change anywhere in the world including in syria or whatever i can to syrian people will make their own decisions as they see perhaps an alternative developing there is...
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isis in syria and iraq we would have had to face it in iran or they all supported assad way before i suppose we can pretend iranian support assad began with isis no no we we have good relations with that but the reason i mean countries have good relations and saudi arabia had even better relations with the last from two thousand and three to two thousand and eleven so it's not the question of who supported who it's a question of who came to fight extremists ok now that the now that the fight against extremism is in its final stages it doesn't mean that extremism is gone now we need to do a number of things first we need to do it with the issue at hand and that is it we have done our best i went to ankara i went to damascus i we had a summit in tehran all within the space of less than a week and then the summit in sochi between turkey and russia to avoid bloodshed in it now we have achieved that we have a plan to have. a political not a political but a nonmilitary solution in that we are faced with a major problem and that is foreign fighters what to do with a large number of foreign
isis in syria and iraq we would have had to face it in iran or they all supported assad way before i suppose we can pretend iranian support assad began with isis no no we we have good relations with that but the reason i mean countries have good relations and saudi arabia had even better relations with the last from two thousand and three to two thousand and eleven so it's not the question of who supported who it's a question of who came to fight extremists ok now that the now that the fight...
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humanitarian convoy and so it's assad and his allies that are the major issue here ok. thanks very much for joining us from washington thank you for having me the u.s. congress has released a classified memo by the democrats two weeks after president trump blocks over security concerns it rebuts a document prepared by republicans on the house intelligence committee which is made public earlier this month the republican memo alleged f.b.i. bias against trump during its investigation into his presidential campaigns links with russia the white house signed off on the release of the democratic member only after reductions were made to live not to die on estabrook she's also in washington d.c. so damn what exactly is this memo say the bits of it that is that we can see. right laura there's been a lot of back and forth on these memos but basically the memo that the democrats released today said that the f.b.i. and the justice department followed the letter of the law when they launched this investigation into. carter page who was a former trunk campaign aide now earlier this
humanitarian convoy and so it's assad and his allies that are the major issue here ok. thanks very much for joining us from washington thank you for having me the u.s. congress has released a classified memo by the democrats two weeks after president trump blocks over security concerns it rebuts a document prepared by republicans on the house intelligence committee which is made public earlier this month the republican memo alleged f.b.i. bias against trump during its investigation into his...
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military police will be deployed to guarantee the safe passage and the russians rather than president assad's forces will also be involved in securing a key border crossing with jordan al-jazeera and it smith reports now from jordan syria border. for the first time in three years the syrian regime is back in control of its from two with jordan this military convoy flying russian and syrian flags rumbled towards the nasi border crossing minutes after opposition fighters agreed to surrender terms they had little choice in the face of overwhelming russian firepower the fighters will hand over heavy weapons and thousands of them and their families will be given safe passage to opposition held areas in the north of syria syrian government forces swept through down a province backed up by russian as strikes but as part of the surrender terms they'll leave for villages they captured earlier these and the rest of the border area will be supervised by the russian military for bashar al assad it was a small price to pay for taking back the border this is a vital trade route that the regime would eventu
military police will be deployed to guarantee the safe passage and the russians rather than president assad's forces will also be involved in securing a key border crossing with jordan al-jazeera and it smith reports now from jordan syria border. for the first time in three years the syrian regime is back in control of its from two with jordan this military convoy flying russian and syrian flags rumbled towards the nasi border crossing minutes after opposition fighters agreed to surrender terms...
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the strikes were not about threatening bashar assad told own power. since the bombings the message from the government has been one of defiance its army says it is preparing for more offensives the priority seems to be clearing the remaining territories outside government control near the capital. in southern damascus a number of districts are under a government siege centered on yarmuk some neighborhoods there are controlled by eisel others by opposition fighters the rebels also control areas of countryside in the central province of homs territory in the western region close to the damascus homes highway parts of the southern province of daraa the northwestern province of idlib desert territory close to the iraqi jordan border elsewhere under the control of u.s. backed syrian democratic force rebels is the kurdish area while the region west of the euphrates river is under the control of turkey back to rebels the government's priority now is to clear areas around damascus or what it calls useful syria because the location is strategically so importan
the strikes were not about threatening bashar assad told own power. since the bombings the message from the government has been one of defiance its army says it is preparing for more offensives the priority seems to be clearing the remaining territories outside government control near the capital. in southern damascus a number of districts are under a government siege centered on yarmuk some neighborhoods there are controlled by eisel others by opposition fighters the rebels also control areas...
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of course tipped the balance in favor of assad. and in the end of the day as any student of international relations will tell you diplomacy is that reflection of the balance or imbalance of power on the ground and the ground today is controlled by the russians and their syrian client bashar al assad and hence their tone there the content of their conversation and their strategy moving forward is of course one of attempting to take control of the entire diplomatic process how much of that diplomacy has preempted by the meeting of putin and trump on the sidelines of the r.c.n. summit just a week or so ago where america stayed very quiet on the issue of syria analysts suggesting really giving russia a free hand to go forward it's their game now you know it's been. a process of the divil you should since the obama administration decided to take a back seat on the syria crisis not to intervene and so on so forth and then join the political process. but it wasn't exactly with his yes think about it although john kerry remained involved i
of course tipped the balance in favor of assad. and in the end of the day as any student of international relations will tell you diplomacy is that reflection of the balance or imbalance of power on the ground and the ground today is controlled by the russians and their syrian client bashar al assad and hence their tone there the content of their conversation and their strategy moving forward is of course one of attempting to take control of the entire diplomatic process how much of that...
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or that this is the al-jazeera news or it's even so hard coming out syria's president bashar al assad congratulates us forces for their gains in the north from being a relentless campaign to achieve complete victory. the e.u. agrees to launch a new mission to enforce an arms embargo in libya that's currently being ignored. infected americans from a coronavirus riddled cruise ship arrived home on evacuation flights of the epidemic claims more lives. by barbara sarah in london with the top stories from europe including moscow's eyes in the sky we take a close look at russia's new facial recognition system that's provoking fear is of big brother and far as small have all the day's sport including its 2 wins from 2 for holders al héloïse saudi arabia and the group stages of the asian champions league. but we begin in syria where president bashar assad has made a rare address on state television to promise no let up in his offensive in the northwest he congratulated his forces and their allies for their rapid recent gains which are edging closer to winning back the last pieces of rebel h
or that this is the al-jazeera news or it's even so hard coming out syria's president bashar al assad congratulates us forces for their gains in the north from being a relentless campaign to achieve complete victory. the e.u. agrees to launch a new mission to enforce an arms embargo in libya that's currently being ignored. infected americans from a coronavirus riddled cruise ship arrived home on evacuation flights of the epidemic claims more lives. by barbara sarah in london with the top...
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syria is holding its 3rd parliamentary elections since the uprising against president bashar al assad started 9 years ago now voting will be held in some form of opposition strongholds for the 1st time in years is in a hoarder. syrians will elect a new parliament it's the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president bashar al assad's forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they lost to the opposition as in previous elections candidates need to be bettered by security and the credibility of the election has been further questioned by the exclusion of millions of syrians who left their country or have been displaced by the conflict in 1000000 people in the north of the country for example won't have any representation in the next parliament and the deputies who are supposed to represent regime held areas are not real representatives they won't stand by the people they are beholden to the regime which has absolute power and control. but president bashar is facing challenges res
syria is holding its 3rd parliamentary elections since the uprising against president bashar al assad started 9 years ago now voting will be held in some form of opposition strongholds for the 1st time in years is in a hoarder. syrians will elect a new parliament it's the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president bashar al assad's forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they lost...
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has has urged the assad regime to accept the political solution and the assad regime and russia have pursued only 'd military means and has stopped at killing has killed every single civilian the has gotten in its way in order to enforce a military solution so you and now need to take action this is not the time to continue to call for a political solution this is the time for action to stop the assad regime slaughter of its own people but the u.n. i think you would agree having forward this very closely for the past 30 years has shown absolutely no way forward to deal with this crisis the you read will not step in while the reserve russian veto on the security council so where do you see the solution do you support the efforts of countries like turkey as they move forward or potentially prepared to step in and stand up militarily to the assets government . if the u.n. security council's unable to uphold its duty to protect people who are being slaughtered then it is the obligation of those countries to step in and do so individually and alliances with each other what turkey is doing
has has urged the assad regime to accept the political solution and the assad regime and russia have pursued only 'd military means and has stopped at killing has killed every single civilian the has gotten in its way in order to enforce a military solution so you and now need to take action this is not the time to continue to call for a political solution this is the time for action to stop the assad regime slaughter of its own people but the u.n. i think you would agree having forward this...
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>> bashar al-assad did it to himself. he did for those who wanted him out what they could not do themselves, by acting so brutally, making virtual war on his own people. it was incredibly heavy handed. >> brown: one of the key players here, turkey, reportedly had been counseling some patience in the last few days. do you have any insight on that? they wanted to deal with assad themselves and try to get him to come up with some reforms before all this happened? >> well, turkey had a-- has a policy of zero problems with the neighbors. and syria was one of the keystones of this policy and the prime minister had forged a very close relationship with bashar al-assad and tried to give him every chance, tried to throw him a life line and said, "please, take it." but bashar made promises he never kept and humiliated and embarrassed the turkish leadership. >> brown: when you referred earlier to this allowing other drizz get involved, you meant europe, i suppose. does it also mean countries in the region? >> countries in the region
>> bashar al-assad did it to himself. he did for those who wanted him out what they could not do themselves, by acting so brutally, making virtual war on his own people. it was incredibly heavy handed. >> brown: one of the key players here, turkey, reportedly had been counseling some patience in the last few days. do you have any insight on that? they wanted to deal with assad themselves and try to get him to come up with some reforms before all this happened? >> well, turkey...
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pretty familiar comments there from the assad regime and from the man who is their main diplomatic point man at negotiations around the world and here at the united nations they are obviously will be taking note of the very strong words from ambassador hailey who finished her speech with a message to syria and russia the choice is theirs and it will dictate our response in the manner and the time of our choosing lauren james bells' thank you very much and all. one hundred people are fleeing province which is already being targeted by pro-government troops along the border and stephanie decker is only turkey syria border there have been several air strikes in the northern area of how my province and south it live one of those from what we understand is taking out one of the buildings belonging to the civil defense is the white how much the rescue workers that operate in opposition territory also understand that there are a number of families hundreds we understand around a thousand people that have fled some of those areas where those airstrikes are taking place at the moment all eyes rem
pretty familiar comments there from the assad regime and from the man who is their main diplomatic point man at negotiations around the world and here at the united nations they are obviously will be taking note of the very strong words from ambassador hailey who finished her speech with a message to syria and russia the choice is theirs and it will dictate our response in the manner and the time of our choosing lauren james bells' thank you very much and all. one hundred people are fleeing...
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moreover, we know the assad regime was responsible. in the days leading up to august 21, we know that asaid chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area where they mix serin gas. they distributed gas masks to their troops. then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clear of opposition forces. shortly after those rockets landed, the gas spread, and hospitals filled with the dying and the wounded. we know senior figures in assad's military machine reviewed the results of the attack and the regime increased their shelling of the same neighborhoods in the days that followed. we've also studied samples of blood and hair from people at the site that tested positive for sarin. when dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory. but these things happened. the facts cannot be denied. the question now is what the united states of america and the international community is prep
moreover, we know the assad regime was responsible. in the days leading up to august 21, we know that asaid chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area where they mix serin gas. they distributed gas masks to their troops. then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clear of opposition forces. shortly after those rockets landed, the gas spread, and hospitals filled with the dying and the wounded. we know...
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wants assad back that is what we should do. here in doha they're trying to find a solution of course for one part of syria right now that takes in the americans but what about the rest of syria the conflicts in the rest of syria exactly i mean the question of that with all of the absence of the or the presence of the u.s. forces in syria is not only about isis it's not only about iran although i mean these two key factors are very important for for u.s. policy and u.s. thought that he and the region but it's also about finding a political solution to the conflict in syria and a son the former secretary of state he put to what most people actually believe as the most comprehensive clear us syria policy. last year in january last year during his famous speech before the hoover institution in stanford university when he when he actually identified the key objectives of u.s. policy actually in syria and why the united states should actually stay in syria with its military presence number one is but a venting. from coming back numbe
wants assad back that is what we should do. here in doha they're trying to find a solution of course for one part of syria right now that takes in the americans but what about the rest of syria the conflicts in the rest of syria exactly i mean the question of that with all of the absence of the or the presence of the u.s. forces in syria is not only about isis it's not only about iran although i mean these two key factors are very important for for u.s. policy and u.s. thought that he and the...
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that he expects assad to win. so assad i think had begun to feel that perhaps theres with a changing mood in the west. he discovered in geneva there is no change in the west. kerry was very dramatic, this is about regime change. he said that assad is the reason for the jihadists there, he is the magnet. and until he goes, jihadists will not go. >> okay. >> and that was his assertion. >> let me ask you very briefly, andrew. are you as pessimistic? >> i'm pessimistic in terms of for we were leaving-- relieving the suffering on the ground. i think is no mistake president obama talked about syria three time in the state of the union speech, he talked about surprisingly supporting the moderate rebels. dealing with extremism in syria is as simple as the assad regime t has to involve working with the opposition, the moderate parts we can work with. >> thank you so much again. >> pleasure. >> woodruff: beyond the football game itself, ads have long been a big part of the event that is super bowl sunday. now as people are
that he expects assad to win. so assad i think had begun to feel that perhaps theres with a changing mood in the west. he discovered in geneva there is no change in the west. kerry was very dramatic, this is about regime change. he said that assad is the reason for the jihadists there, he is the magnet. and until he goes, jihadists will not go. >> okay. >> and that was his assertion. >> let me ask you very briefly, andrew. are you as pessimistic? >> i'm pessimistic in...
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the russian influence on assad is real but limited. there is another country which has more influence on assad and it is iran. the real dilemma for the russians would be if we say, okay, let's have this negotiation. let's have russia disabled but iran should be excluded. assad says, well, i am willing to be a part of the negotiations but not without iran. to accept the exclusion of iran would be a difficult concession for putin. my impression is that it is not quite there yet. >> woodruff: given that, again steve heydemann, how is the west looking at all this? >> it's happening very quickly. it's a matter of enormous concern. if the regime were to collapse in the absence of a political settlement, the potential for increased violence, the possibility that the opposition now is taking shape entirely is not yet ready to govern is seen as a very serious consideration in washington. however, the question of whether it would be possible for the u.s., for example, to accept a negotiated process in which assad himself were permitted to escape
the russian influence on assad is real but limited. there is another country which has more influence on assad and it is iran. the real dilemma for the russians would be if we say, okay, let's have this negotiation. let's have russia disabled but iran should be excluded. assad says, well, i am willing to be a part of the negotiations but not without iran. to accept the exclusion of iran would be a difficult concession for putin. my impression is that it is not quite there yet. >>...
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led coalition against president assad theresa may suggested she's willing to make that move without a vote in parliament the government's allowed to take military action without parliamentary backing but in the past fifteen years successive governments of run major military plans passed the house of commons first in two thousand and thirteen to reason is pretty decisive in that then prime minister david cameron put his case for intervening in syria in front of parliament where it was defeated a huge blow for him and his government this time to resume a cold risk losing control of her defense and foreign policy plans. but opposition politicians say parliament must be consulted there has to be a proper process of consultation we elect palmer and we elect members of parliament they should have a voice in this the cabinet should not be making this decision. to resume a means to get this right tony blair's decision to invade iraq in two thousand and three casts a long shadow over british politics the invasion was later found to be based on flawed intelligence stability and its members have
led coalition against president assad theresa may suggested she's willing to make that move without a vote in parliament the government's allowed to take military action without parliamentary backing but in the past fifteen years successive governments of run major military plans passed the house of commons first in two thousand and thirteen to reason is pretty decisive in that then prime minister david cameron put his case for intervening in syria in front of parliament where it was defeated a...
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in multiple ways from the very beginning when protests broke out against assad in march two thousand and eleven so this didn't just you know sort of happen out of the blue in september two thousand and fifteen but certainly the intervention was a game changer and two years now he's he's firmly entrenched russia in the region he has his aim was to expose the west as weak into sort of to present himself as someone who succeeds where the west had failed. and. to reduce western influence in the region juice u.s. led influence in the region ok so to that point what would be the ramifications of that if in fact that's how some people see it that he has lessened somehow the presence of the west what might the that mean going forward. well going forward first of all what we see is assad is firmly in power he's in the best negotiating position that he's been perhaps since protests broke out against him and that's you know frankly it's another major accomplishment and what that means is as everyone else in the region is looking at the u.s. they're there now thinking that they have to deal with
in multiple ways from the very beginning when protests broke out against assad in march two thousand and eleven so this didn't just you know sort of happen out of the blue in september two thousand and fifteen but certainly the intervention was a game changer and two years now he's he's firmly entrenched russia in the region he has his aim was to expose the west as weak into sort of to present himself as someone who succeeds where the west had failed. and. to reduce western influence in the...
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regime has continued to bomb them but the assad regime not willing to step aside not willing to talk about transition and of course that's exacerbated when you think about the presence of the u.s. the position of russia and so you've got this real frozen type of of issue which is making it really difficult for the u.n. to move forward but in real terms the russians and the iranians are in control of what's going on on the ground in syria. has there who has the greatest power over the political process we've seen the the riyadh group of the opposition the h.n.c. there they've apparently shifted now i know they have agreed that there will be no preconditions that assad can possibly be part of the transitional process. yeah but i think that the transitional process is that it's not working towards a syria that is still ruled by assad after all how can you have a president of a country that is responsible for the deaths of over four hundred thousand people i think that's only tenable so i think if you look at what's happening it's the russians and the iranians that are really putting the
regime has continued to bomb them but the assad regime not willing to step aside not willing to talk about transition and of course that's exacerbated when you think about the presence of the u.s. the position of russia and so you've got this real frozen type of of issue which is making it really difficult for the u.n. to move forward but in real terms the russians and the iranians are in control of what's going on on the ground in syria. has there who has the greatest power over the political...
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jane dutton this is the news live from coming up in the next sixty minutes donald trump blames bashar assad for that suspected chemical attack in syria now the white house is threatening to retaliate. hungary's right wing anti immigrant prime minister viktor orban is all set for another two thirds majority in parliament after sunday's election victory. thousands of protesters from pakistan's pashtun community rally to demand a better rights and better protection. and i'm far is small with all the day's sport our top story american patrick reid has just been crowned masters champion and aghast that he beat ricky fowler by a stroke for his first major title. donald trump is threatening to retaliate against syria for that suspected chemical attack on the syrian rebel held area of eastern goes with the president warned that there will be a big price to pay and for the first time since he was elected he blamed russian president vladimir putin for backing syrian president bashar al assad more than forty people were killed in the chemical attack syria and russia have denied any role in the strike
jane dutton this is the news live from coming up in the next sixty minutes donald trump blames bashar assad for that suspected chemical attack in syria now the white house is threatening to retaliate. hungary's right wing anti immigrant prime minister viktor orban is all set for another two thirds majority in parliament after sunday's election victory. thousands of protesters from pakistan's pashtun community rally to demand a better rights and better protection. and i'm far is small with all...
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>> well, the arab league put assad in dilemmas. and until now, assad has just tried to shoot his way out of the crisis. now this seems to be throwing a life preserver to assad but at the same time it puts him into these key decisions in which his choices, is he going to pull back the security forces from the streets? is he going to stop the militias? is he going to let people out of jail? is he going to allow journalists into the country? is he going to allow protestors to freely asemi-able? we doubt this and i don't see how he could do these things and hold on to power. >> brown: there doesn't seem to be a lot of bite here. there's no consequences. >> i guess the idea is that's totally true. at the same time if he failed to do those things and his hand is completely exposed that will be a serious political loss for bashar al assad and we expect if he does try and confirm it would lead to the controlled demolition of his own regime. nobody thinks he's going to do that. >> brown: if assad were to agree to talk, who would he be talki
>> well, the arab league put assad in dilemmas. and until now, assad has just tried to shoot his way out of the crisis. now this seems to be throwing a life preserver to assad but at the same time it puts him into these key decisions in which his choices, is he going to pull back the security forces from the streets? is he going to stop the militias? is he going to let people out of jail? is he going to allow journalists into the country? is he going to allow protestors to freely...
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people in power investigates how the suburb of damascus has refused to crumble under the might of assad's army until bar harbor one of two at this time on al-jazeera. with bureaus spanning six continents across the globe. to. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell. me are fluent in world news. zero. zero zero am fully back to go welcome to the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the evidence is undeniable the weapons might as well have had made in iran stickers all over it iran denies it but the u.s. says it has proof tehran is supplying arms to who the rebels in yemen. a big. missed opportunity the latest round of syria talks and with no progress negotiate is a blaming each other for the failure also this hour the us pulls the plug on net neutrality we'll explain what this could mean for millions of internet users in america and doing why colombia's most powerful criminal gang is now looking to strike a deal with the government. the united states has presented what it calls undeniable evidence that iran is supplying
people in power investigates how the suburb of damascus has refused to crumble under the might of assad's army until bar harbor one of two at this time on al-jazeera. with bureaus spanning six continents across the globe. to. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell. me are fluent in world news. zero. zero zero am fully back to go welcome to the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the evidence is undeniable the weapons might...
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bashar al assad's crimes were being pushed into the background. this happened in spite of the thousands of civilians who were killed by his forces in july twenty fourth two months after the russian veto the syrian opposition attempted to resurrect caesar still seeing. this time they went to the u.s. congress which opposed the military intervention in syria even after the chemical attacks and. a group of republican supported us intervention. evan mcmullan a member of the commission of foreign affairs arranged for caesar the photographer to be interviewed in front of members of congress. we knew that most people in the united states didn't know of us its mass atrocities and the idea was that if americans understood more what exactly atsic was doing if they really understood they would have much more sympathy and they would expect i believe our leaders to do more and especially the president who is our commander in chief and who leads our foreign policy to do more to act to stop assad's. trustees. caesar was in hiding afraid of being captured by the
bashar al assad's crimes were being pushed into the background. this happened in spite of the thousands of civilians who were killed by his forces in july twenty fourth two months after the russian veto the syrian opposition attempted to resurrect caesar still seeing. this time they went to the u.s. congress which opposed the military intervention in syria even after the chemical attacks and. a group of republican supported us intervention. evan mcmullan a member of the commission of foreign...
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if you were to strike the assad regime, for past two years, the u.s. aircraft and coalition aircraft have flown through a pretty robust air-and-defense system over syria without being harassed. if they were to trike the assad regime, they could then interfere with the u.s. campaign against raqqa, against the islamic state elsewhere. additionally, you have to ask yourself, how willing are you to killing cil some russians, because, especially since the fall of 2015, when you've seen a lot more russians in syria, if you strike any site in syria, you may end up killing some russian advisers. and i wonder if that's a risk the trump administration is prepared to take. >> woodruff: what about these arguments, kori schake? could these be reasons why this administration is going to think twice, think three times or more before they were to take any aggressive steps against assad? >> yeah, i think andrew is right. i think those are both sensible concerns to have. my gerks though, is that the more thoughtful people in the trump administration, after the president
if you were to strike the assad regime, for past two years, the u.s. aircraft and coalition aircraft have flown through a pretty robust air-and-defense system over syria without being harassed. if they were to trike the assad regime, they could then interfere with the u.s. campaign against raqqa, against the islamic state elsewhere. additionally, you have to ask yourself, how willing are you to killing cil some russians, because, especially since the fall of 2015, when you've seen a lot more...
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resolution that doesn't have some sanction against assad. if you don't say if he doesn't comply with this the threat of force is always there. if russia doesn't agree with that, how much pledge do you have? i think we have to sit back and see what mr. kerry and mr. lavrov can accomplish but i think timing is going to be the major question. >> woodruff: we hear you both, angela stent, andranik migranyan, thank you. >> ifill: we turn now to capitol hill, where intraparty fights over health care could force another round of showdowns and setbacks on the budget. without an agreement, the federal government could shut down in less than three weeks. >> there's all this speculation about... about these deadlines that are coming up. i'm well aware of the deadlines and so are my colleagues. >> ifill: the first of the deadlines hanging over house speaker john boehner and the rest of congress arrives october first, at the start of the new fiscal year. that's when lawmakers have to approve major spending bills, or risk shutting the federal government do
resolution that doesn't have some sanction against assad. if you don't say if he doesn't comply with this the threat of force is always there. if russia doesn't agree with that, how much pledge do you have? i think we have to sit back and see what mr. kerry and mr. lavrov can accomplish but i think timing is going to be the major question. >> woodruff: we hear you both, angela stent, andranik migranyan, thank you. >> ifill: we turn now to capitol hill, where intraparty fights over...
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tensions escalate further in syria's north as turkey warns the assad government against helping the kurds are now free. to leave it the link is clear we will cross if you don't spam. a threatens action against the british charity of allegations of sexual exploitation by its stuff approved. tragedy unicef raises an alarm over the why is the number of newborns dying in parts of africa. children among eighty five people dead in fear syrian government and russian bombing of a rebel held on clay for near syria's capital damascus local observers believe the attacks are procured to a major offensive on eastern good. government. reports from. activists fear the renewed. opposition. could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. to bring about. they have so far failed. yet again civilians were the victims since the end of december a stepped up military campaign killed more than four hundred people at least one hundred sam were children the fear now is that the numbers will only rise if a wide scale attack. the syrian government and its allies are sending military reinforcements to the
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it says nothing about the assad regime stepping aside. so that might entice the regime into doing something but then comes the hard part. the regime commits itself to withdrawing all military forces from populated areas. immediately after that, protest will fill those spaces and it there where the dilemmas appear before bashar assad and his choices were to become clear. >> woodruff: so if you say the government goes along, the opposition is not preparedtor go along? >> apparently thus far the opposition has tentatively said that they don't reject the agreement. the opposition is divided inside of the country. i was referring to what the assad's choices were going to be concerning how they're going to deal with this fact. there's nothing in the agreement says protesters can't express themselves. one of the points says protesters must be able to do this. >> woodruff: so at this point your expectation is what? it's unlikely assad government will do anything? >> yes. i think it's a good opportunity to test president assad. president say sad's
it says nothing about the assad regime stepping aside. so that might entice the regime into doing something but then comes the hard part. the regime commits itself to withdrawing all military forces from populated areas. immediately after that, protest will fill those spaces and it there where the dilemmas appear before bashar assad and his choices were to become clear. >> woodruff: so if you say the government goes along, the opposition is not preparedtor go along? >> apparently...